republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/sb-59.md

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Bill	Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024)	Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 59	Maryland SB 59 (2024)	bill		enacted	A. Washington Beidle Ellis Gile Hayes Klausmeier Kramer Lam McCray Ready	3	19	2	2023-10-31	2024-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/c88f9306-2762-4e0c-b499-45e17c360857	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0059?ys=2024RS&search=True	da1ee8e253011322c5c11d7395545d98e4fa784f9b99d1dca316c9a9e79631ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 59 (2024) — Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chapter - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Safe Sleep for Infants - Awareness and Certification (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 134–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Washington — primary (person)
• Beidle — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Gile — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Klausmeier — primary (person)
• Kramer — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• McCray — primary (person)
• Ready — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-10-31 Pre-filed introduction
• 2024-01-10 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-15 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-15 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-19 Referred Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2024-03-25 Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-04-02 Hearing canceled
• 2024-04-02 Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2024-04-02 Hearing canceled
• 2024-04-02 Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2024-04-03 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-04-04 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-04 Returned Passed
• 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 879 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c88f9306-2762-4e0c-b499-45e17c360857. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).